VOL. XII, PP. 131-144 JUNE 3, 1898 PROCEEDINGS OF THK BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON ON SOME BIRDS FROM SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA BY OUTRAM BANGS Mr. W. W. Brown, Jr., who is collecting in the Santa Marta region of Colombia for the Bangs Collection, sent a short time ago nearly seven hundred beautifully made bird skins as the re sult of his first two months' work from middle of Dec., 1897, to middle of Feb., 1898. These .birds were all taken within fif teen miles of Santa Marta and at elevations ranging from 500 to nearly 6000 feet, the larger part, however, being from the low lands. Mr. Brown has not yet visited any of the higher moun tains. I have thought it best to publish briefly on the collections as they come in, describing the forms which appear to be new and giving mere lists of the better known species. These prelim inary notices may be followed by a more elaborate paper when the whole region of the Santa Marta Mountains has been cov ered. I am much indebted to the unfailing kindness of Mr. Robert Ridgway and Dr. Chas. W. Richmond in helping me identify the birds and allowing me to work in the National Museum and make comparisons with the material in that collection. A series of the birds has been presented to the United States National Museum ; the rest of the collection, including the types of the new forms, remain in the Bangs collection. (NOTE. All measurements are in millimeters.) Crypturus columbianus Salvad. 1 specimen. At the time the British Museum Catalogue appeared this bird was known by the type specimen alone. The one example so far sent agrees exactly with the description of the species. 30-BiOL. Soc. WASH., VOL. XII, 1898 (131)
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